[PHP-DB] Re: Why varying functionality across php db apis for db metadata?

2003-09-17 Thread pete M
Mike Klein wrote: For example, php mysql library supports list_dbs and list_tables commands as well as getting table metadata. MySQL sql also 'natively' supports these commands (show databases, show tables, describe tableName). Why not similar commands for Oracle, SQLServer, etc.? These are simply

Re: [PHP-DB] Re: Why varying functionality across php db apis for db metadata?

2003-09-17 Thread Jason Wong
On Wednesday 17 September 2003 18:46, pete M wrote: Mike Klein wrote: For example, php mysql library supports list_dbs and list_tables commands as well as getting table metadata. MySQL sql also 'natively' supports these commands (show databases, show tables, describe tableName). Why not

Re: [PHP-DB] Re: Why varying functionality across php db apis for db metadata?

2003-09-17 Thread Mike Klein
Jason Wong wrote: On Wednesday 17 September 2003 18:46, pete M wrote: Mike Klein wrote: For example, php mysql library supports list_dbs and list_tables commands as well as getting table metadata. MySQL sql also 'natively' supports these commands (show databases, show tables, describe